Glad you all enjoy this! I certainly like writing them. Now while I said that Spiritomb one was difficult, once I got the idea, it came together quick. I wound up talking to my sis, who doesn't play Pokemon, and explaining about it. After a rather goofy conversation, we came up with this rather goofy story.
I'll put both entries up this time. As you can see, there could be a much longer story in them. But I'm already working on a long fanfic in Snapshot.
In Process: Gible
On Deck: Shuckle, Clamperl, Phanpy/Donphan
SPIRITOMB
Diamond entry: A Pokémon that was formed by 108 spirits. It is bound to a fissure in an odd keystone.
Pearl entry: It was bound to a fissure in an odd keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago.
Under the full moon’s gaze, two boys approached an old well. “I heard that you gotta meet Darkrai in your dreams first,” the taller one said. “Then you gotta race him, and if you win, he’ll let you unseal this Pokemon.”
The shorter boy clung to an oddly shaped stone object. It looked sort of like a Ekans coiling up a key. “That’s not what I hear, Huck. This guy I met underground said that once you find this key, you gotta clean it up real good. Then, starting on the full moon, put it under your pillow every night. When the next full moon comes, then you can release the seal.”
“Didja have weird dreams doing that, Tom?”
He shrugged. “Not really. But you should’ve seen my mom’s Ralts. He’s been freaking out every time he comes near this key. He nearly stole it from me today.”
“Weird.” They stopped at the well. There was an odd-shaped keyhole on the well’s wall. This led to all sorts of rumors about why this lock was here. “So what’ll you think’ll happen?”
Tom looked at the key, shining eerily in the moonlight. “I’m pretty sure it’s not gonna release a huge disaster. If it was that, they would’ve hid the key better than just burying it in the Underground. I think it’s just a Pokemon, although why they had to lock it here, I dunno.”
“Maybe it kills people?”
“You scared?”
Huck shook his head. “Nah. You?”
“Course not.” He put the key in the keyhole. “Okay, here it goes.” He turned it.
Click.
A magic seal shimmered on the top of the well for a moment, then cracked open. Dark violet smoke billowed out. A pair of mischievous eyes opened and a neon green glow appeared within its smokey body. “FOOLS!” it bellowed. “I will burn your souls and eat your skins!”
The two boys shouted. Huck jumped back and stumbled into a nearby bush. Tom yanked the key out and made to run off.
“Oh drat,” the spirit grumbled. The magic seal reappeared and drained it back into the well.
“D-d-d-did you see that?” Tom called, his body trembling.
“Y-yeah,” Huck said. “There really is a ghost sealed in there.”
A wispy voice drifted out of the well. “Confound it, it was supposed to be burn your skin and eat your soul, not the other way around. Eating skin; that’s disgusting.”
Despite themselves, the boys came back to the well. “It’s still down there?” Tom whispered.
“Huh? You kids still up there?”
“Yeah...” Tom replied, not certain he wanted to be here anymore. But if they could catch this ghost, they’d have a weird and rare Pokemon that no one else would have. One that talked was even better. And he wasn’t about to let himself be known as a coward.
“Look, sorry about that,” the ghost Pokemon replied. “You know, it’s kinda boring being sealed up for five hundred years. Guess I got a little carried away at being released.”
“What are you? I’ve never seen somethin’ like you before.”
“We-ell, I started off as a Ghastly, but then I got sealed up here so long that I turned into a Spiritomb. Look, can you just let me go for real? I’d really appreciate it.”
He really wanted to capture this one. “You’re not gonna eat us, right?”
“Nope, no eating involved this time.”
“Okay.” Tom put the key back in.
The Spiritomb came back out. In the midst of its green glow and violet smoke, they could see that it was grinning. “Hahahahahahahaha! I won’t eat you, but I will curse you like nobody’s been cursed before! You will be writhing in pain and embarrassment for years to come! I will...”
Tom pulled the key back out.
“Oh no, not again,” it whined. The seal shut it back in. “What was that for?”
“Yeah, why didn’t you fight it?” Huck asked.
“I ain’t messing with no curses,” Tom answered. “If he’s gonna be rude like that, we can leave him there.” He turned to walk off.
“Tom,” the taller boy hissed.
Tom winked.
“Aw, come on, let me out,” the Spiritomb pleaded. “Pretty please?”
“Nuh-uh,” Tom replied. “I was looking for a neat Pokemon to train, but I don’t want a mean one like you.”
“I’m not really mean, honest. I’m just a little excitable, that’s all. I like to play pranks with people.”
“Is that why you got sealed down there?”
“No...” it sounded uneasy.
“Then why were you sealed down there?” Huck asked.
“Tell the truth in the name of Arcaeus,” Tom ordered.
“Ugh, you’re gonna go that far? Okay, in the name of Arcaeus, the honest truth is... I got sealed down here for giving people wedgies.”
“Giving people wedgies? We do that all the time.”
“Yeah, that ain’t enough to get sealed for five hundred years.”
“I know!” the Spiritomb agreed. “Those people didn’t have any sense of humor. Anyhow, that’s what I was sealed for. Some of the other 107 personalities I have actually did do some nasty stuff. Like one guy stole apples and threw them at people. He knocked out the mayor, leading to his getting sealed down here too.”
Huck grinned. “Man, think of the possibilities! If we had a ghost like this guy to pull pranks with, we could do all sorts of stuff to people.”
“Yeah, it’d be awesome.”
“So you’ll let me go?” the ghost asked hopefully.
Tom leaned over the well. “Well first you gotta agree that this’ll be a fair battle. I’m gonna capture you, but you don’t have to come quietly. Just have a normal battle with me.”
“Alrighty.”
“Okay then.” Tom unlocked the seal again.
The Spiritomb came back out, grinning again. “Okay, punks, if you lose, you’re getting major wedgies! Are You Ready To Rumble??!!”